Definitions
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “authorized” means authorized under the Act and “authorization” has a corresponding meaning; (“autorisé”) “Category A grocery store” means a grocery store that, together with all related retail stores, has annual worldwide revenue that is greater than $1 billion; (“épicerie de catégorie A”) “Category B grocery store” means a grocery store that is not a Category A grocery store; (“épicerie de catégorie B”) “cider” means wine produced from apples or pears, or from the concentrated juice of apples or pears, to which is added herbs, water, honey or sugar; (“cidre”) “cream wine” means an alcoholic beverage made from wine and added milk ingredients; (“vin à la crème”) “fortified wine” means wine to which an alcoholic distillate has been added; (“vin fortifié”) “geographic region” means the North Region, the East Region, the West Region or the GTA Region as they are defined in section 34; (“région géographique”) “grocery store” means a retail store that satisfies all of the following criteria: 1.  The store offers for sale a variety of each of the following types of food products: canned food, dry food, frozen food, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh meats, prepared meats, fish, poultry, dairy products, baked goods and snack foods. 2.  Food products occupy at least 10,000 square feet of retail floor space in the store. 3.  The store is not primarily identified to the public as a pharmacy, even if a pharmacy as defined in the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act is located within the store; (“épicerie”) “malt-based cooler” means an alcoholic beverage that is produced from a base of malt blended with juice, water, carbon dioxide or flavouring and that does not have the aroma or taste commonly attributed to beer; (“panaché au malt”) “quality assurance wine” means wine (excluding cider) that is designated as meeting the quality control standards of a statutory appellation of origin regime that certifies, in the aggregate, less than 50 million litres of wine (excluding cider) annually; (“vin de qualité assurée”) “VQA wine” means Vintners Quality Alliance wine as defined in the Vintners Quality Alliance Act, 1999; (“vin VQA”) “wine beverage” means a wine-based cocktail or an alcoholic beverage that is produced from a base of wine that may have added to it flavouring or flavouring preparations, juices, colour and sugar, that does not have the aroma or taste commonly attributed to wine and that is available in a spirits-based version; (“boisson au vin”) “wine boutique” means a winery retail store, (a)  that is located inside the shopping area of a grocery store, and (b)  at which the winery is authorized to sell wine to the public under a supplementary wine authorization described in Part III.1; (“boutique de vins”) “wine boutique agreement” means an agreement described in section 28.6; (“entente relative à une boutique de vins”) “winery retail store” means a private wine store owned and operated by a winery at which the winery is authorized under clause 3 (1) (e) of the Act to sell wine to the public. (“magasin de détail d’établissement vinicole”)
O. Reg. 232/16, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 260/16, s. 1; O. Reg. 12/17, s. 1. (2) In this Regulation, expressions relating to franchises have the same meaning as in the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000.